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on the failures leading up to the attack on benghazi. just a few hours before the hearing starts on the hill. >>> president obama and speaker boehner digging in their heels with a dozen days to go before we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> another day of painful goodbyes in newtown, connecticut. for the fourth straight day funerals of children gone far too soon. >>> among our guests this morning, we'll be talking to senator richard blumenthal, senator johnny isaacson, congressman peter king. it's thursday, december 20th, and "starting point" begins right now. >>> good morning, welcome, everybody. the first significant winter storm of the season is our starting point this morning. it threatens to derail some holiday travel plans for maybe millions of americans along with the snow. there's also a threat of tornados in the south. the governor of wisconsin has declared a state of emergency even before the storm hits. six states across the midwest are under blizzard warnings. the system stretches all the way from the great lakes to colorado. the rocky mountain state already taking a big beating. 156

that led to the deadly september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. an independent review board determining that security at the physician facility grossly inadequate that leaders in washington ignored repeated requests to add personnel there and after the tragedy that claimed four american lives, there was a lack of transparency, responsiveness, and leadership at the senior levels in libya, and in washington, d.c. our foreign affairs reporter elise lab bot live in washington this morning. what happens next after this report? >> well, soledad, the panel made about 29 recommendations for the state department to get working on. let me go over a few of them quickly. first of them is to strengthen security personnel for the high-threat post. one problem, the consulate relied on temporary, inexperienced staff and local militias not up to the task. they called for tighter securities at facilities and upgrades. a review of fire safety procedures. smoke inhalation killed ambassador stevens and sean smith. and in-depth checks of the threat environment. a big criticism, the state departme

.s. mission in benghazi. congress will receive the report wednesday and will be briefed by board members, hearings and testimony in the house and senate start thursday. secretary of state hillary clinton was supposed to testify, but she is recovering from a fainting spell and concussion. she'll be working from home. >>> football took a back seat on sunday as victor cruz honored one of the newtown shooting victims. 6-year-old jack pinto. jack pinto was a big, big fan. victor truz wrote the boy's name on his cleats and gloves. the team wore decals on their helmets for sandy hook elementary school. the first grader may be buried in cruz' number 80 jersey. >>> potential progress. yesterday a source family with talks says house speaker john boehner has offered to extend the debt limit for a year. that is the amount the government can legally borrow. it stands at 16$16.4 trillion. raising it requires an act of congress which republicans strongly oppose this one day after boehner had opposed higher tax rates for those making less than $1 million. president obama wants to raise taxes for those m

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